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Hawaiʻi public high school students, including those on Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, have until Thursday to apply for a subsidized two-week trip to the Philippines, South Korea or Japan next spring.

The Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce, together with community partners, will present The Filipino Forum 2026: “Change, not just resilience” on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Naylor Theatre at Maui Academy of Performing Arts in Wailuku.

“All the Things I Leave You (Patawid),” an Ilokano-language film with deep ties to Maui and Hawaiʻi’s Filipino plantation history, has been named one of eight films shortlisted to become the Philippines’ official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.

United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Bernadette Acaso, 19, a Filipino national residing in Honolulu, Oʻahu and Kahului, Maui, was charged by criminal complaint on July 22, 2026, with unlawfully voting as an alien.

The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to its home port in Honolulu on Monday after a five-month deployment across the Western Pacific, the Coast Guard reported. The deployment included a search-and-rescue mission near the Federated States of Micronesia in which the crew located and rescued a family that had been missing […]

Scott Hayashi has been promoted to chief operating officer of SSFM International, a Honolulu-based multidisciplinary engineering and planning firm with operations across Hawaiʻi, Guam, Okinawa and the Philippines, the company announced.

“The more minority languages are able to be used as the medium of communication in popular mass audience media, the more likely a language will persevere and survive,” said Lance Collins, writer and producer of “All The Things I Leave You.”

A single tree can produce 200 or more fruit per season, making it one of the most prolific food trees in the world, thus a logical candidate to help relieve hunger in many areas around the world.

Using the Philippines and Papua New Guinea as examples, Schatz asked witnesses to lay out the dire consequences of US disengagement, as well as the opportunities it would create for the People’s Republic of China.

The 54th Annual Barrio Fiesta will be held at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului on Friday, May 26 (5 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and Saturday, May 27 (10 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Four University of Hawai‘i Maui College students have been selected to participate in the I.M. Ready study abroad program.

The County of Maui Immigrant Services Division, is now scheduling appointments for the Philippine Consulate mobile outreach on Maui July 29-30, 2017.

US Senator Mazie K. Hirono introduced a bipartisan resolution in the United States Senate to recognize the month of October as Filipino American History Month. The resolution aims to acknowledge the key role Filipino Americans play in shaping the country.

Governor Michael Marcos Keon of Ilocos Norte, Philippines will visit Maui and Oahu in an effort to familiarize himself with the Ilocanos community in Hawaii. More than 400 people are expected to attend a speaking event at the Waipahu Filcom Center tonight, with an additional 100 people on a waiting list. The Maui visit begins […]